Friends, Almanackers, and footy lovers; come lend us your ears, Wayne Johnston, The Dominator shall tell of his domination, dominating the realms of his dominion, the footy field, at the next Odd Friday Lunch at the North Fitzroy Arms Hotel, on Friday 23rd February.

Cam Hooke analyses the AFLW game – where the stats pointed to a Pies win. [Ripped off by the umps and The Universe again Cam – JTH] And prepares us for AFLX with an acknowledgement that none of us will have a clue until we see it. [Fair enough – JTH]

In the second instalment of Canberra-based Collingwood fan(atic) Cam Hooke’s email chain for 2018, he ponders the Pies chances in the upcoming AFLW Season, what impact AFLX will have and a few other Collingwood queries.

Play On is the omnibus edition of John Harms’s first three books: Loose Men Everywhere, Memoirs of a Mug Punter, and Confessions of a Thirteenth Man. Read what the critics have said about them here. And copies of the latest edition (2015) are available.

Cam Hooke is a Canberra-based Collingwood fan(atic) around whom a wonderful email group has formed. After he contacted John Harms just to say g’day, he started to include him on that list. JTH received the weekly missive which was so informative that he asked Cam if it could be published on the Almanac site. Over the last few years Cam Hooke’s Collingwood Life has been much-loved by Pies’ fans.

I was just putting some info together about Footy Town for someone who has just heard about it, and recalled this terrific review from Martin Flanagan. We have a few copies left if anyone is interested. JTH

It’s become a lot easier to be a Tiges’ fan in Denmark, but when his beloved Richmond started to look so good Ian Hill thought about making plans, then made plans – and had the time of his life. [Terrific Tiger life story which Ian was motivated to write after he received his copy of The Tigers’ Almanac in Denmark – yes we can get copies to you overseas JTH]

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